Wheream_I t1_j12ljyi wrote on December 21, 2022 at 5:11 AM

Reply to comment by rustyfinch in Moments before Argentina's World Cup winning penalty in the streets of Buenos Aires by 1Leep

Naw man I lived in Buenos Aires for a bit. The beef football and insane inflation isn’t far off.

Beef: I could go to a 5 star restaurant in the middle of Palermo and get an 8oz filet mignon cut for about $14 USD.

I was there in 2014 and the city legit shuts down for football. I went to a BOCA juniors match and had a blast, and went to a WC warmup of Argentina v Trinidad y Tabago. So much fun.

And the inflation is insane. Exchange rates are set by the gov rather than the market, and we would exchange dollars with sketchy street vendors rather than official avenues because they were offering $15/$1 rather than the official rate of $12/$1

tree-molester t1_j14s9je wrote on December 21, 2022 at 5:46 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Argentina